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I think it helps to speak the same „language“ as the manager. Add price tags to the infrastructure development or technical debt. This may add an important pers
by joeig 3y ago
I think it helps to speak the same „language“ as the manager. Add price tags to the infrastructure development or technical debt. This may add an important perspective to the discussion for both sides.
- chopin 3y agoBut exactly that is hard. Backups have a high price tag when missing but none when not needed.
- VierScar 3y agoSimilar issues happen for justifying security. But if you've got a price tag, then just do expected utility. What's the odds that you'll need a backup? 1%? 0.1%? Per year? And what's the value of that backup price tag during that time? $10m? 0.1% per year * 10m = 10k per year.
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- mateo411 3y agoGive the price tag when missing. The argument is we need to fix this in order to insure against this catastrophic event. Or take the price tag when missing multiply by the probability of needing it over the course of one year. This is a more accurate estimate for the annual cost of not creating the backup.
- madeofpalk 3y agoAs developers you should be doing this anyway to understand why you want to do something. Gut feeling for "it's just better" doesn't get you far - no wonder you can't get anyone else on board.